At a Window's Ledge

the cat sits on a square of sun,

the shadow of a moth moving

through her fur. The sun is tilting

and the moth, wing-heavy,

prints its floured ash against the pane,

like tea leaves predicting fate

or just a turn of season, or the cat,

made restless, not wanting to go outside

though it jumps from the ledge,

hits the floor like a pound of ripe fruit.